In our area we had a power outage due to the winds from hurricane IKE. The power went out just after we went to bed and came back on sometime when we were sleeping. Yes I could have stayed up and waited for the power to come back on and restart the station. I decided to stay in bed and fix it in the morning. The budget does not allow for The Voice of The Beatles, MACCA Radio, to afford the infrastructure to keep the station on-the-air during power outages.

I would need satellite backup feed, auto switching gas or propane generator. I do have a gas generator but the regulator is shot on it and I'm don't have either the money to repair it or replace it.

Perhaps someday if this station is destined to become larger, I will have a budget for those necessities.